How fitting. In a perverse way.
On the 30th anniversary of Dante Bichette’s walk-off homer in the inaugural game at Coors Field, home runs ruled the day. The problem for the hapless Rockies was that the Reds hit three homers to the Rockies’ two.
And so the beat goes on. Cincinnati won 6-4 on Saturday afternoon, sending the Rockies to their fifth consecutive loss and dropping their season misery index to 4-22.
Cincy’s Noelvi Marte hit a two-run homer off Antonio Senzatela in the second, and Austin Hays stung Senzatela with solo, leadoff homers in the fourth and sixth.
The Reds tacked on two bonus runs in the ninth off reliever Tyler Kinley, who gave up a costly leadoff walk to Jose Trevino, a bloop single to TJ Friedl, an RBI single through the right side by Elly De La Cruz and an RBI infield single to Spencer Steer.
The Rockies staged a mini-rally in the ninth, combining a two-out walk by Nick Martini and an RBI single by rookie second baseman Adael Amador. But it wasn’t enough.
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Amador’s first big-league homer tied the game, 3-3, in the fifth. Amador popped hard-throwing Hunter Greene’s 3-2 slider just over the wall in right field.
After a sluggish start to his season, Toglia is on a bit of a tear. In the second, he ripped Greene’s first-pitch slider 457 feet to right for a two-run homer, tying the game 2-2. Toglia hit 2 for 4 after knocking out three hits on Saturday night.
Senzatela gave up four runs on eight hits, struck out four and walked none. The three homers cost him dearly, and his ERA rose to 5.22. The right-hander has always been a contact pitcher, but teams are hitting .380 against him and served up seven homers in six starts.
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